Social Media Guidelines

Why we use social media

Broken Hill City Council (BHCC) maintains a social media presence to share information, news and updates about council activities, to facilitate community engagement, and to promote the City of Broken Hill as a safe, vibrant, prosperous and culturally rich city.

We value the insights shared by members of our community, and welcome their engagement. We offer our social media platforms as an opportunity for you to have a direct conversation with us.

These guidelines set out the rights of BHCC when engaging with the public through social media and establish expectations and rules of engagement between BHCC and the public.

It is the responsibility of contributors to familiarise themselves with these guidelines. If you engage with BHCC using social media, you will be considered to have accepted these guidelines.

Our social media platforms are monitored intermittently during business hours between Monday and Friday. Accounts may be monitored outside of these hours subject to staff availability and resources.

Where possible and appropriate, BHCC will respond to enquiries and direct messages on social media platforms. Social media responses may be relatively informal. If you are seeking a formal response, please send your request to us via the Contact Council page.

General Guidelines

Treat us how you would like to be treated

Be polite and respectful

Our social media platforms are a public space. Please engage in a polite manner and be respectful of all readers and contributors. We are not against debate and freedom of expression, but we are against personal attacks on contributors and BHCC employees.

Do Not:

Post content that is insulting, threatening, or hateful towards a certain group of people, including BHCC staff

Rights of Broken Hill City Council

We reserve the right to delete posts and block users that breach these guidelines, at the moderator’s discretion.

Employees of Broken Hill City Council

Employees of BHCC are required to adhere to our Social Media Policy. Only employees who are authorised officers may use BHCC social media platforms as official communication tools on behalf of BHCC.

Employees with personal profiles/accounts should identify within these that any opinions expressed are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of their employer. Employees can engage with BHCC on social media as an individual as long as it is something unrelated to their area of responsibility.

Third Party Content

From time to time BHCC may choose to link to, republish, or share third party content, or content that links to third party material. This does not necessarily constitute endorsement by BHCC.